Category: FinanceAsia
AsianBondsOnline News Highlights – Week of 20 – 24 January 2014
Consumer prices in Hong Kong, China rose 4.3% year-on-year (y-o-y) in December, the same rate of increase as in November. Consumer price inflation in Hong Kong, China [...]
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Fear of slowing growth drags down global markets
Fear is back in the market. Investors are worried about slower economic growth in China, a gloomier outlook for US corporate profits and an end to easy-money policies in the [...]
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World markets roiled by emerging economy woes
Global stock markets sold off Friday as investors were spooked by a possible slowdown in emerging economies, the main engine of growth since the 2008 financial crisis, and [...]
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Asia Pacific wine trade loses $1b a year to red tape: Apec
Red tape is costing the Asia Pacific’s wine industry $1.0 billion a year, Apec said Friday, as it vowed to simplify the procedures to take advantage of growing demand [...]
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Asia Roundup: Marts extend losses on US weakness
Asian markets sank yesterday Friday January 24, extending the previous day’s losses after disappointment on Wall Street over data showing the first fall in Chinese [...]
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares sag on Chinese growth anxiety, emerging currencies
Asian shares were off-colour on Friday, extending the previous day’s weakness as disappointing Chinese manufacturing data raised concerns over the economy, and [...]
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Nikkei drops to 1-month low on concern over emerging markets, China
Japan’s Nikkei share average dropped 1.9 percent to a one-month low on Friday as declines in emerging market currencies spooked investors and the previous day’s [...]
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Asia: Down on weak China factory data
Markets across Asia fell yesterday Thursday January 23 after data showed China manufacturing activity shrank in January for the first time in six months. Regional markets [...]
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia waits on Chinese news, sterling soars
Asian markets got off to a soggy start on Thursday as investors counted down to data on Chinese manufacturing, while diverging outlooks for interest rates sent the British [...]
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Asian shares worn down by China worries
Asian markets fell on Thursday after a survey of Chinese manufacturers proved surprisingly soft, while the Australian dollar weakened due to its role as a whipping boy when [...]
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N.Asia trio looks to export, consumption boost in 2014, China lags
The first weeks of 2014 showed North Asia’s manufacturing and export giants enjoying mixed fortunes, with South Korea and Japan starting the year positively, while [...]
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Asia: Mostly up as Japan delays new stimulus
Asian markets were largely higher yesterday Wednesday January 22, with Tokyo reversing early losses after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) said it was winning the war against [...]
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares hampered by Fed taper view
Asian share markets struggled for inspiration on Wednesday, hampered by expectations of further reductions in the US Federal Reserve’s stimulus and ahead of central [...]
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Asian shares edge up, PBOC cash injection calms China markets
Asian share markets gained slightly on Wednesday, led by gains in Chinese shares after China’s central bank poured funds into money markets, easing immediate credit [...]
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DBS in advanced talks to buy SocGen Asia private bank: sources
Singapore’s DBS Group Holdings (D05.SI) is in advanced talks to buy Societe generale’s (GLE.PA) Asian private bank, a deal that would help boost its private [...]
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